The entry of foreign citizens and stateless persons into the territory of the Russian Federation is temporarily prohibited.

Categories of foreign citizens who are allowed to enter the Russian Federation in accordance with the order of the Government of the Russian Federation dated March 16, 2020 No. 635-r (as amended by the orders of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1291-r dated May 18, 2021)

1) persons who are accredited or appointed employees of diplomatic missions and consular offices of foreign states in the Russian Federation, international organizations and their representations, other official missions of foreign states located on the territory of the Russian Federation, officials of the Standing Committee of the Union State, as well as family members these persons (spouses, parents, children, adoptive parents, adopted children), deputies and officials of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union of Belarus and Russia, members of official delegations, employees of the Intergovernmental Courier Communications, holders of diplomatic and service passports;

2) persons with diplomatic and service visas;

3) persons who are drivers of trucks of international road traffic, buses of international traffic (on which the transportation of persons specified in this paragraph is carried out and the carriage of goods is not allowed), members of the crews of air, sea and river vessels, train and locomotive crews of international railway traffic , personnel determined by international agreements of the Russian Federation in the field of railway transport;

4) persons entering the Russian Federation in the event of their extradition, information about which was sent by the FSIN of Russia to the FSB of Russia;

5) persons traveling to the Russian Federation by road, air, rail or sea transport in order to change the crews of sea and river vessels located in the ports of the Russian Federation, if they have valid documents proving the identity of the seafarer, and their inclusion in the crew list or an extract from the ship roles;

6) persons traveling to the Russian Federation by road, air, rail or sea for the purpose of changing aircraft crews, subject to the presentation of an aircraft crew member's certificate and a flight task or a general aircraft declaration for the planned flight;

7) citizens of the Republic of Belarus and persons holding a residence permit or other document confirming the right to permanent residence in the Republic of Belarus, entering the Russian Federation from the Republic of Belarus and foreign states according to the list according to Appendix No. 1 through air checkpoints across the state border of the Russian Federation , as well as those traveling to the Russian Federation by rail passenger transport;

8) citizens of the Republic of Belarus who are employees of Belarusian companies participating in work to ensure a continuous production process at industrial facilities in the Russian Federation in the field of nuclear energy, construction, oil and gas production, processing of minerals sent to industrial facilities in the Russian Federation for work on a rotational basis specified in the lists sent to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia by the federal executive body in whose sphere of jurisdiction is the organization - the customer of the specified work, or the State Atomic Energy Corporation "Rosatom";

9) citizens of foreign countries and persons holding a residence permit or other document confirming the right to permanent residence in a foreign country - Great Britain, Tanzania, Turkey, Switzerland, Egypt, Maldives, United Arab Emirates, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Republic of Korea, Cuba, Serbia, Japan, Seychelles, Ethiopia, Vietnam, India, Qatar, Finland, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Greece, Singapore, Venezuela, Germany, Syria, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Sri Lanka, Iceland, Malta, Mexico, Portugal, Saudi Arabia - entering the Russian Federation from these states and from the Republic of Belarus through air checkpoints across the state border of the Russian Federation;

10) citizens of the member states of the Eurasian Economic Union entering the Russian Federation from the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Belarus and the Kyrgyz Republic through air checkpoints across the state border of the Russian Federation, subject to the presentation of negative test results for a new coronavirus infection displayed in the mobile application "I travel without COVID-19";

11) persons entering the Russian Federation in connection with the death of a close relative (spouses, parents, children, brothers and sisters, grandfathers, grandmothers, grandchildren, adoptive parents, adopted children) and following to carry out his burial, subject to the presentation of a copy of the certificate either death certificate and a document confirming the degree of relationship;

12) persons who have ordinary private visas issued by the decision of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia;

13) persons who are family members (spouses, parents, children, brothers and sisters, grandfathers, grandmothers, grandchildren, adoptive parents, adopted children), guardians and trustees of citizens of the Russian Federation, subject to presentation of a copy of a document confirming the degree of relationship or establishment of guardianship (guardianship);

14) persons entering the Russian Federation to visit sick close relatives in need of care (spouses, parents, children, siblings, grandfathers, grandmothers, grandchildren, adoptive parents, adopted children), subject to the presentation of documents (copies of documents) issued by a medical an organization confirming their condition, as well as copies of a document confirming the degree of kinship;

15) persons permanently residing in the territory of the Russian Federation, as well as transiting through air checkpoints across the state border of the Russian Federation without leaving them;

16) persons who are participants in the State Program for Assisting the Voluntary Resettlement to the Russian Federation of Compatriots Living Abroad, approved by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of June 22, 2006 N 637 "On Measures to Assist the Voluntary Resettlement to the Russian Federation of Compatriots Living Abroad abroad ", as well as members of their families indicated in the certificate of a participant in the State Program for Assisting the Voluntary Resettlement of Compatriots Living Abroad to the Russian Federation, subject to the presentation of this certificate or a copy of it, the fidelity of which is certified in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation (for families of the participant of this State program);

17) persons entering the Russian Federation for the purpose of treatment, and persons accompanying them (accompanying persons are allowed for underage patients and patients in a state of moderate severity or in serious condition, as well as in the presence of other medical indications specified by the receiving medical organization) , information about which was sent by a medical organization in accordance with the algorithm for filing applications for entry into the Russian Federation of foreign citizens, including for the purpose of obtaining medical services, approved by the operational headquarters to prevent the importation and spread of a new coronavirus infection on the territory of the Russian Federation, using the federal state information system "A single portal of state and municipal services (functions)" in the departmental segment of the Ministry of Digital Affairs of Russia of the state system of migration and registration accounting, as well as the production, execution and control of circulation of documents certifying the b, for subsequent referral to the departmental segment of the FSB of Russia of the specified state system;

18) persons entering the Russian Federation for the purpose of studying at educational institutions of higher education and professional educational organizations specified in the lists formed by these educational organizations in accordance with the algorithm for organizing work in relation to foreign students arriving in the Russian Federation for the purpose of studying at such educational organizations approved by the operational headquarters to prevent the import and spread of a new coronavirus infection in the Russian Federation, and sent by these educational organizations in agreement with the founders using the federal state information system "Unified portal of state and municipal services (functions)" systems of migration and registration accounting, as well as the production, execution and control of the circulation of identity documents for subsequent sending to the ledger a separate segment of the FSB of Russia of the specified state system;

19) persons entering the Russian Federation in order to carry out labor activities specified in the lists formed in accordance with the algorithm of actions to attract foreign citizens to the economy of the Russian Federation, approved by the operational headquarters to prevent the importation and spread of a new coronavirus infection in the territory of the Russian Federation, and sent by Rostrud using the federal state information system "Unified portal of state and municipal services (functions)" to the departmental segment of the Ministry of Digital Affairs of Russia of the state system of migration and registration accounting, as well as the production, execution and control of the circulation of identity documents for subsequent referral to the departmental segment FSB of Russia of the specified state system;

20) persons participating in the adjustment and maintenance of foreign-made equipment specified in the list sent to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia by the federal executive body in whose sphere of jurisdiction is the organization - the customer of the foreign-made equipment, or the State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom;

21) persons entering the Russian Federation, involved in labor activities as highly qualified specialists, as well as members of their families (spouses, parents, children, adoptive parents, adopted children) specified in the list (indicating the checkpoint across the state border of the Russian Federation and the date entry), sent to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia by the federal executive body in whose sphere of jurisdiction is the organization - the employer or customer of work (services), or the State Atomic Energy Corporation "Rosatom";

22) persons entering the Russian Federation, involved in labor activities as highly qualified specialists in the field of sports, and their family members (spouses, parents, children, adoptive parents, adopted children), as well as persons participating in sports events on the territory of the Russian Federation, and their family members (spouses, parents, children, adoptive parents, adopted children) specified in the list (indicating the checkpoint across the state border of the Russian Federation and the date of entry) sent by the Ministry of Sports of Russia to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia;

23) persons participating in quality control of equipment manufactured by Russian legal entities and supplied in accordance with contracts governing the construction of nuclear facilities abroad, and within the framework of the implementation of international treaties of the Russian Federation specified in the lists sent by the State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom in the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia;

24) persons participating in the certification of new aircraft and maintaining the airworthiness of domestically produced aircraft of Russian operators specified in the lists sent by the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia;

25) persons entering the Russian Federation for the purpose of making business trips specified in the lists formed in accordance with the algorithm of actions to ensure the entry into the Russian Federation of foreign citizens - owners or heads of enterprises operating in the territory of the Russian Federation, and foreign citizens for their participation in negotiations on the implementation of investment projects approved by the operational headquarters to prevent the import and spread of a new coronavirus infection in the territory of the Russian Federation, and directed by the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia using the interdepartmental electronic document management system;

26) persons who are the genetic parents of children born on the territory of the Russian Federation by surrogate mothers who enter the Russian Federation for the purpose of state registration of the birth of a child, information about which was sent by the Ministry of Health of Russia to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia.

Passengers arriving in the Russian Federation through air checkpoints will have to comply with the sanitary requirements established by the resolution of the Chief State Sanitary Doctor of the Russian Federation dated 07.07.2020 № 18, in particular:

- when crossing the border to provide a medical document (in Russian or English) confirming the negative result of laboratory examination of material on COVID-19 by polymerase chain reaction (PCR), selected not earlier than 3 calendar days before arrival in Russia;

- in the absence of such a document, to be examined for a new coronavirus infection by PCR within 3 calendar days in Russia.